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  Max Avg Min Sum
Temperature
Max Temperature 60 °F 42 °F 24 °F
Mean Temperature 48 °F 33 °F 16 °F
Min Temperature 40 °F 24 °F 4 °F
Degree Days
Heating Degree Days (base 65) 49 32 17 986
Cooling Degree Days (base 65) 0 0 0 0
Growing Degree Days (base 50) 0 0 0 0
Dew Point
Dew Point 54 °F 25 °F 0 °F
Precipitation
Precipitation 1.38 in 0.12 in 0.00 in 2.53 in
Snowdepth 1.0 in 0.1 in 0.0 in -
Wind
Wind 33 mph 9 mph 0 mph
Gust Wind 40 mph 24 mph 17 mph
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Level Pressure 30.55 in 30.14 in 29.43 in
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Astronomy
May. 19, 2013 Rise Set
Actual Time 7:26 AM CST 4:44 PM CST
Civil Twilight 6:55 AM CST 5:15 PM CST
Nautical Twilight 6:20 AM CST 5:50 PM CST
Astronomical Twilight 5:47 AM CST 6:23 PM CST
Moon 2:13 PM CST (12/6) 3:43 AM CST (12/6)
Length Of Visible Light 10h 20m
Length of Day
9h 18m
Waxing Gibbous, 87% of the Moon is Illuminated
Dec 6
Waxing Gibbous
Dec 10
Full
Dec 17
Last Quarter
Dec 24
New
Jan 1
First Quarter
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Monthly Calendar Overview
Print This Calendar Precipitation: Actual month total 2.53 Normal month total 1.44
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1 Snow
Actual: 39 | 24
Precip: 0.04
Average: 39 | 23
Precip: 0.06
2 Rain
Actual: 39 | 13
Precip: T
Average: 39 | 22
Precip: 0.06
3 Snow
Actual: 46 | 32
Precip: 1.38
Average: 38 | 22
Precip: 0.05
4 Snow
Actual: 32 | 25
Precip: 0.01
Average: 38 | 21
Precip: 0.05
5 Snow
Actual: 25 | 19
Precip: T
Average: 37 | 21
Precip: 0.06
6 Snow
Actual: 24 | 11
Precip: T
Average: 37 | 21
Precip: 0.05
7 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 31 | 10
Precip: 0.00
Average: 36 | 20
Precip: 0.05
8 Snow
Actual: 36 | 20
Precip: 0.05
Average: 36 | 20
Precip: 0.06
9 Snow
Actual: 24 | 7
Precip: T
Average: 36 | 20
Precip: 0.05
10 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 37 | 4
Precip: 0.00
Average: 35 | 19
Precip: 0.05
11 Snow
Actual: 43 | 24
Precip: T
Average: 35 | 19
Precip: 0.05
12 Overcast
Actual: 43 | 38
Precip: T
Average: 35 | 19
Precip: 0.05
13 Rain
Actual: 47 | 38
Precip: 0.21
Average: 34 | 18
Precip: 0.05
14 Rain
Actual: 56 | 40
Precip: 0.55
Average: 34 | 18
Precip: 0.05
15 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 40 | 28
Precip: 0.00
Average: 34 | 18
Precip: 0.04
16 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 36 | 19
Precip: 0.00
Average: 33 | 18
Precip: 0.04
17 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 47 | 26
Precip: 0.00
Average: 33 | 17
Precip: 0.05
18 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 55 | 27
Precip: 0.00
Average: 33 | 17
Precip: 0.04
19 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 42 | 32
Precip: 0.00
Average: 33 | 17
Precip: 0.04
20 Snow
Actual: 36 | 29
Precip: T
Average: 32 | 17
Precip: 0.05
21 Snow
Actual: 48 | 29
Precip: 0.01
Average: 32 | 16
Precip: 0.04
22 Snow
Actual: 33 | 19
Precip: T
Average: 32 | 16
Precip: 0.05
23 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 41 | 14
Precip: 0.00
Average: 32 | 16
Precip: 0.04
24 Clear
Actual: 49 | 19
Precip: 0.00
Average: 32 | 16
Precip: 0.04
25 Clear
Actual: 48 | 26
Precip: 0.00
Average: 32 | 16
Precip: 0.04
26 Rain
Actual: 47 | 22
Precip: T
Average: 32 | 16
Precip: 0.04
27 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 40 | 27
Precip: 0.00
Average: 31 | 16
Precip: 0.04
28 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 49 | 23
Precip: 0.00
Average: 31 | 15
Precip: 0.04
29 Rain
Actual: 54 | 33
Precip: 0.05
Average: 31 | 15
Precip: 0.04
30 Snow
Actual: 45 | 36
Precip: 0.23
Average: 31 | 15
Precip: 0.03
31 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 60 | 33
Precip: T
Average: 31 | 15
Precip: 0.04
 
Calendar Legend
Sunny
Clear		 Mostly Cloudy
Partly Sunny		 Partly Cloudy
Mostly Sunny		 Cloudy Rain Snow
Hail
Flurries		 Thunderstorms Hazy
Fog		 Sleet '?' denotes
'chance of'		 Unknown
Daily Observations
2011 Temp. (°F) Dew Point (°F) Humidity (%) Sea Level Press. (in) Visibility (mi) Wind (mph) Precip. (in) Events
Dec high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg high sum  
1 39 32 24 32 25 15 96 68 40 30.50 30.32 30.07 10 7 1 20 10 28 0.04 Snow
2 39 26 13 32 21 9 88 74 59 30.50 30.35 30.14 10 10 7 18 8 22 T Rain
3 46 39 32 45 39 30 100 93 85 30.14 30.02 29.86 8 2 1 20 7 25 1.38 Rain , Snow
4 32 29 25 30 23 18 85 77 68 30.38 30.14 29.92 10 9 2 20 10 24 0.01 Snow
5 25 22 19 17 14 12 74 71 68 30.51 30.45 30.38 10 9 7 21 11 26 T Snow
6 24 18 11 14 11 7 84 72 60 30.46 30.35 30.23 10 9 4 14 7 17 T Snow
7 31 21 10 18 14 5 84 69 53 30.23 30.15 30.05 10 10 9 15 7 17 0.00  
8 36 28 20 24 20 16 88 74 59 30.32 30.26 30.20 10 6 1 13 5 15 0.05 Snow
9 24 16 7 19 9 0 88 69 50 30.55 30.41 30.28 10 9 2 18 8 23 T Snow
10 37 21 4 28 17 0 88 79 69 30.53 30.43 30.32 10 9 6 18 8 22 0.00  
11 43 34 24 36 30 22 92 81 70 30.32 30.27 30.20 9 6 2 25 11 30 T Rain , Snow
12 43 41 38 34 32 30 79 71 62 30.33 30.26 30.21 10 10 10 17 8 21 T  
13 47 43 38 41 36 32 93 79 65 30.35 30.23 30.08 10 7 2 14 6 18 0.21 Rain
14 56 48 40 54 45 35 100 92 83 30.06 29.83 29.65 10 5 1 25 10 32 0.55 Rain
15 40 34 28 34 24 19 85 71 56 30.41 30.13 29.81 10 10 9 33 18 40 0.00  
16 36 28 19 27 20 15 88 70 52 30.48 30.40 30.27 10 10 10 10 4 13 0.00  
17 47 37 26 29 26 21 85 67 49 30.32 30.27 30.22 10 10 9 16 7 20 0.00  
18 55 41 27 37 31 25 85 65 45 30.24 30.02 29.84 10 10 10 20 9 23 0.00  
19 42 37 32 35 29 24 96 80 64 30.27 30.09 29.85 10 10 9 24 12 28 0.00  
20 36 33 29 30 26 21 89 78 66 30.24 29.96 29.78 10 8 3 17 7 21 T Snow
21 48 39 29 31 29 25 92 73 53 30.00 29.78 29.72 10 6 2 16 8 20 0.01 Snow
22 33 26 19 28 19 12 82 70 58 30.43 30.25 30.01 10 10 8 21 13 28 T Snow
23 41 28 14 20 15 9 88 61 34 30.44 30.31 30.18 10 10 10 24 10 30 0.00  
24 49 34 19 25 21 17 91 63 34 30.31 30.27 30.23 10 10 10 23 8 28 0.00  
25 48 37 26 25 22 19 69 56 42 30.39 30.33 30.23 10 10 10 18 9 23 0.00  
26 47 35 22 31 25 19 82 64 45 30.30 30.07 29.84 10 10 10 22 10 30 T Rain
27 40 34 27 29 24 19 82 66 50 30.10 29.95 29.83 10 10 10 28 12 37 0.00  
28 49 36 23 30 24 19 88 65 42 30.09 29.92 29.70 10 10 10 15 8 18 0.00  
29 54 44 33 40 32 27 83 62 41 29.69 29.63 29.49 10 10 10 17 8 22 0.05 Rain
30 45 41 36 42 37 33 100 88 76 29.91 29.67 29.43 10 9 2 28 13 36 0.23 Rain , Snow
31 60 47 33 34 32 29 89 63 36 29.89 29.68 29.51 10 10 8 33 14 40 T  
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